Looking to earn some extra cash this holiday season? Amazon is hiring.

The online retail giant is gearing up to hire more than 50,000 seasonal employees at its fulfillment centers across the U.S., just in time for the holiday shopping bonanza to begin, the company announced this morning. Even better, Amazon expects to retain many of the new hires beyond the holiday season.

"We're hiring at our sites across the U.S. for talented individuals to help us deliver a great experience for our customers this holiday season," Dave Clark, vice president of global customer fulfillment at Amazon, said in a statement. "Temporary associates play a critical role in meeting increased customer demand during the holiday season, and we expect thousands of temporary associates will stay on in full-time positions."

Amazon said it currently employs more than 20,000 people across the U.S. at its 40 fulfillment centers.

If you're interested in working for Amazon this holiday season, head over to the company's fulfillment careers website, where you can search for open positions and apply online. The site currently lists available seasonal warehouse jobs in a number of states with salaries ranging from $11.00 to $13.50 an hour.

Meanwhile, Amazon isn't the only retailer gearing up for a busy holiday shopping season. Microsoft is expanding its brick-and-mortar retail footprint with the addition of more than 30 new locations for the holidays. The Redmond, Wash.-based computing giant will launch the pop-up holiday stores on Oct. 26. nationwide, with locations planned for New York City, San Francisco, Canada, and more.

Microsoft and Amazon will be battling for shoppers' attention this holiday season, with Redmond selling its Surface tablet and Amazon pushing its new lineup of Kindle e-readers and tablets. Microsoft today unveiled the pricing for the Windows RT version of the Surface tablet, while Amazon has the Kindle Paperwhite, and new Kindle Fire HD tablets on offer.

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